Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Sulfides Using a Novel Palladium Complex as the Catalyst Precursor

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00131a009

The palladium complex t2H)(μ-PBu^t2)>2, on exposure to oxygen in THF, generates an active catalytic system for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides in 30-83percent yields.The process is stereospecific in the case of (+)-biotin-sulfoxide 4-nitrophenyl ester.